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kettle
[ ket-l ]
noun
- a metal container in which to boil liquids, cook foods, etc.; pot.
- a teakettle.
- a kettledrum.
- Geology. kettle hole.
- an enclosed area to which demonstrators are herded for containment by police:
Journalists were the first to be allowed to leave the kettle.
verb (used with object)
- to surround and contain (demonstrators) in an enclosed area:
Most demonstrators were too distracted to notice they were being kettled.
kettle
/ ˈɛə /
noun
- a metal or plastic container with a handle and spout for boiling water
- any of various metal containers for heating liquids, cooking fish, etc
- a large metal vessel designed to withstand high temperatures, used in various industrial processes such as refining and brewing
- informal.an enclosed space formed by a police cordon in order to contain people involved in a public demonstration
- short for kettle hole
verb
- informal.tr (of a police force) to contain (people involved in a public demonstration) in an enclosed space
kettle
/ ĕ′l /
- A steep, bowl-shaped hollow in ground once covered by a glacier. Kettles are believed to form when a block of ice left by a glacier becomes covered by sediments and later melts, leaving a hollow. They are usually tens of meters deep and up to tens of kilometers in diameter and often contain surface water.
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of kettle1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of kettle1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with kettle , also see pot calling the kettle black .Example Sentences
A woman who beat a man to death with a kettle has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years.
Despite appearing for only a couple of minutes onscreen, she likens the scene’s virality to the sensation of a popcorn kettle, which randomly starts popping under pressure.
"It's great to have a fire and the kettle boiling when they come," she said.
In addition to air fryers, the council is sending out more than 1,300 slow cookers and nearly 400 one-cup kettles, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.
But motorists are warned not to use boiling water from a kettle - hot water can crack the glass and the water will only freeze again on the screen or on the ground.
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